Intraoperative contrast echocardiography to evaluate mitral valve operations

Intraoperative Three-Dimensional Echocardiography During Mitral Valve Surgery

Follow up the Treatment Process of Mitral Valve Diseases by Radiography and Echocardiography in Dogs

Background: Mitral valve disease is the most common acquired heart disease in dogs. Mitral valve regurgitation (MR) due to endocardiosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in dog. Echocardiography as a non-invasive tool is routinely used to evaluate and diagnose different disorders in the heart. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of medical treatmen...

[Surgical echocardiography of the mitral valve].

In the western world, the prevalence of mitral regurgitation-particularly that due to degenerative disease-has gradually increased despite a substantial decrease in rheumatic disease. If present, secondary ventricular dysfunction, potentially irreversible when clinically diagnosed, requires close echocardiographic follow-up in order to establish a subclinical diagnosis. Thus, echocardiography h...

Two dimensional intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) allows length-calculation of neo-chordae for mitral valve repair

Methods From July 2010 to April 2013, 95 consecutive patients (mean age, 63 ± 20 years, mean LVEF, 50% ± 15 %), with severe mitral valve regurgitation ( ischemic 17%. PML-prolapse 7.3 %. AMLprolapse 2, 1%. PML and AML-Prolaps 6.3 %. Endocarditis 2.1 %. Barlow 1%. Cleft with AML+ PML Prolapse 11,5%. AML. Descaling 5, 2%.) underwent mitral valve repair. Anticipated length of loops was assessed wi...

Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography accurately predicts mitral valve anatomy and suitability for repair.

Mitral valve (MV) repair is the procedure of choice for MV prolapse or flail. However, valve repair is more technically demanding and requires a precise definition of MV morphology to determine the timing, complexity, and feasibility of repair. We prospectively examined 170 consecutive patients with MV prolapse or flail referred for MV repair. The MV valve was systematically assessed by intraop...